Kelly Hu Highlights

  • 2007: Cast on the TV series "In Case of Emergency"
  • 2005: Cast in "The Underclassman" with Nick Cannon
  • 2004: Appeared in five episodes of "Threat Matrix," playing a headstrong former CIA agent who joins the team
  • 2003: Starred as Yuriko Oyama/Deathstrike in Bryan Singer’s “X2”
  • 2003: Starred as the villainess Sona in Joel Silver’s “Cradle 2 the Grave” opposite Jet Li
  • 2002: Cast alongside WWF superstar The Rock in “The Scorpion King,” a spin-off of “The Mummy” series
  • 1998: After earning a brown belt in karate, was offered the role of Det. Grace Chen, in the kung fu cop series, “Martial Law”
  • 1997: 1997 Cast in the recurring role of Michelle Chan on “Nash Bridges”
  • 1997: Appeared regularly on the daytime soap “Sunset Beach” (NBC)
  • 1997: Played featured role in "Fakin' Da Funk"
  • 1995: Appeared in "Strange Days" as a TV newscaster
  • 1993: Appeared alongside Leslie Nielsen in “Surf Ninjas”
  • 1991: Played the wife of musician Ray Manzarek (Kyle MacLachlan) in Oliver Stone's “The Doors”
  • 1989: First role in a feature playing one of Jason's victims in “Friday the 13th VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan”
  • 1987: Made acting debut as Melia, Kirk Cameron's love interest, on "Growing Pains" (ABC)
  • 1985: Named Miss Teen USA, becoming the first Asian-American to be crowned
  • Pursued a modeling career in Japan and Italy
  • Raised in Honolulu, Hawaii
  • Made guest appearances on such shows as “Tour of Duty,” (CBS) “Night Court,” (NBC) and “21 Jump Street” (Fox)